beefwood
English
A beefwood (sense 1), specifically Casuarina equisetifolia
Etymology
beef + wood
Noun
beefwood (countable and uncountable, plural beefwoods)
- Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef
- (uncountable) The timber of those trees.
Synonyms
- belah
Hyponyms
- (beefwood tree): Barringtonia calyptrata, Barringtonia racemosa, Bischofia javanica (bishop wood), Grevillea parallela, Grevillea striata, Orites excelsa, Stenocarpus salignus, Stenocarpus sinuatus
Derived terms
- cornbeefwood (Barringtonia calyptrata, Barringtonia racemosa)
- narrow-leaved beefwood (Grevillea parallela)
- western beefwood (Grevillea striata)
- white beefwood (Orites excelsa, Stenocarpus sinuatus)
- Killarney beefwood (Stenocarpus salignus)
- scrub beefwood (Stenocarpus salignus)